FSN 132 Study Guide - Lamassu, Lapis Lazuli, Nimrud
8 Apr 2013
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This is a survey of art, architecture, and design from antiquity to the renaissance. Western art: product of a group of cultures that have historically been thought of as sharing common traditions. *the western world comprises north america and europe, as well as ancient egypt and the ancient near east. Intrinsic value: depends largely on the general assessment of the artist and own aesthetic character; the mona lisa (leonardo, italy 1503) is a priceless object, famous because it was stolen from the louvre. Narrative art: where someone is looking is important. Francisco de goya (1746-1828): chronos devouring one of his. Apples of the hesperides, metope from the east side of the temple of zeus at olympia. *herakles has to obtain the golden apples from the tree of life in the north african garden of the hesperides. He offers to relieve atlas from the burden of carrying the world if atlas will obtain the apples for him.
